Intellectual property lawyers Rajkumar Vinnakota and Sean Hsu faced an important decision this summer — hire lawyers to help their boutique, Janik Vinnakota, handle an increase in demand, or move to a firm that can meet the broad needs of their client base.

Vinnakota and Hsu chose to join Cole Schotz on Friday as members in Dallas, where the firm has been expanding its litigation and IP team in Texas.